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My Take
What fascinates me about Rob Schneider is the sheer range of his reputation: three Emmy nominations for his Saturday Night Live years, then a Razzie for Worst Actor a decade later. Few careers swing that wildly, and I think it says less about his talent than about how comedy ages. His best work has a fearless, self-deprecating physicality that SNL showcased perfectly. These days he is as known for provocation as for punchlines, which complicates my affection — but I respect a comic who refuses the safe lane, even when I disagree with where he steers.
Overview
Robert Michael Schneider ( SHNY-dər; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor and comedian. He rose to prominence as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1990–1994), where he earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rob Schneider
- Name (Japanese)
- ロブ・シュナイダー
- Reading
- ろぶ・しゅないだー
- Born
- October 31, 1963 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / comedian / screenwriter / anti-vaccine activist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Terra Nova High School
- University
- San Francisco State University
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.